Chapter 35
Implementing the SAL Model into Your Life
The Price of Success
I have already written a lot about the "Price" that must be paid in time and effort to obtain anything of lasting value in the long-run, including Existential Growth.
A few additional comments on this important subject bear reiteration here.
In his bestselling book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell cites a study by K. Anders Ericsson that puts the price for becoming an elite performer or professional in a given field or endeavor at a minimum of ten thousand (10,000) hours of practice. (1)
It's the equivalent of working full-time (40 hours per week) for FIVE (5) whole years.
At Freedom Focused, we accede the fact and recognize the reality that it takes a LOT of time and effort to become a world-class performer or professional at anything, and 10,000 hours seems like a reasonable benchmark and threshold for attaining this elusive and honorable status.
All told, we estimate that Dr. Jordan Jensen has spent in excess of 10,000 hours in each of the following activities over the course of his life and career to date:
- Reading
- Writing
- Critical Thinking and Analysis
- Synthesized Study
- Teaching, Speaking, Training, and Tutoring
- Enriching Conversation on Substantive Subjects (2)
- Physical Exercise and Athletic Pursuits
- Mental Health Self-Care and Troubleshooting
Suffice it to say, our Founder and Chief Executive Officer has spent not only 10,000 hours on his own SAL education and Existential Growth, he has spent something in the neighborhood of 10 times (X) 10,000 hours, for a grand total that not only equals 100,000 hours, but in all likelihood exceeds it.
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| The price tag of Existential Growth is high, but worth it. |
In spite of all this, I still have a long way to go before I reach Self-Transcendence in my own Existential Growth and development, but I am really enjoying my experiences so far in the Leadership and Creation Stages.
Thus, my journey goes on.
And so does YOURS!
No matter what you may have (or have not) done in the past, YOU can decide to make a positive and productive change at any moment in time. To take that often difficult, but oh-so feasible FIRST STEP, you must make a conscious and determined decision to change—and then take that first action, or step, FORWARD.
"The JOURNEY of a thousand miles
begins with a single STEP."
—Lao Tzu
Existential Growth—and all of its positive, worthy, and highly desirable physical and metaphysical accoutrements—is worth any and every effort you can possibly invest. I have zero regrets about dedicating my life to its attainment. Every drop of blood, sweat, and tears it has cost me has been worth it, and in due time, will be worth it many times over.
The results in my life, career, and relationships have been staggering; and in the process, I have been transmuted and transformed into a happy, successful, and highly fulfilled man who continually experiences satisfaction, joy, and inner peace as payment for my efforts.
Thanks to SAL, Serendipity, and the help and love of others, my life, career, and relationships are filled-to-overflowing with freedom, meaning, and purpose. In the very act of writing these words—at this very instance in time—I am blessed beyond measure, with so much still to look forward to in the second half of my life. Indeed, I anticipate PART II of my life being even greater and more rewarding and filled with opportunities than my present or past.
I have so very much to look forward to...
And I have SAL, Serendipity, family, friends, mentors, and teachers to THANK for it all.
As we near the conclusion of BOOK the FIFTH, I would like to offer FIVE (5) final tips, borne of my own painfully-earned experience, diligently-sought knowledge, and hard-fought and difficultly-won wisdom. I hope and pray these tips will be as beneficial to YOU as they have been for ME.
Tip #1: Cultivate Endurance
Life is long, and you will need to cultivate endurance to wend your way successfully through it. To endure life's endless challenges, you must be courageous and exercise a strong will. But it takes more than just courage and will power. You must also learn how to be PATIENT and properly PACE yourself.
Patience and Pacing require the cultivation of ENDURANCE.
Some people falter and fail in life because they are lazy and fail to exercise courage and a strong will. Other people, however, fail because they burn themselves out in the present, or harbor unrealistic expectations about themselves and their future.
I have never been short on courage or strength of will. But there have been times when I made the ironic mistake of trying too hard, or waiting unrealistically for my ship to come in, so I could—like Cinderella and Prince Charming, live happily ever after in a blissful state devoid of problems.
This, of course, is not how real life works.
Even at its very best, this is not how real life works.
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Life in this world rarely turns out to be an idyllic fairy tale; although elements of life can become fairy-tale like over time through SAL and Serendipity. |
It never will... at least not entirely in this world.
Recognizing early on that life isn't a Disney Princess cartoon will help you manage your expectations and skirt a lot of avoidable pain and misery.
Please do not misunderstand...
I am not in any way suggesting that life cannot be wonderful—sometimes beyond your wildest dreams. Nor do I wish to discourage you from dreaming big and otherwise being a cheerful, happy, and inherently optimistic person.
I am simply doing what the SAL Philosophy always hearkens back to and calls for: BALANCE—in this case, balance in your thinking patterns and expectations about life.
The sooner you accept the inherent and inevitable challenges and difficulties of life, the faster you can begin to effectively manage and/or transcend them. And the faster you do that, the sooner you can discover the joy, peace, and wonder that await you as you climb to higher levels of Existential Growth.
One of life's great paradoxes and ironies is that while life is no fairy-tale, it actually can become fairy tale-like over time through SAL and Serendipity—but only if you approach it with great determination, patience, persistence, and an integrity-imbued optimistic realism.
At Freedom Focused, we invite YOU to be courageous and relentless in the pursuit of your dreams and goals. As you consistently pay the price, you will eventually be the recipient of great success and existential wealth. Along the way, we exhort you in words of soberness to prove worthy of holistic success, wealth, and inner peace by consistently doing what is right and faithfully enduring whatever trials you will be called upon to bear—and know that you will be called upon to bear through a lot over the course of your life.
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| Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 |
"Keep Calm and Carry On."
—Winston Churchill
Following the fall of France in June 1940, the outlook for Great Britain was bleak. With the United States still a year-and-a-half away from joining the fight, it was by no means a foregone conclusion that the UK would triumph over Hitler and Göring's Luftwaffe. The unexpected victory of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Battle of Britain was a consequence of the vision, determination, focus, resilience, and stickitatudy of their pilots—and the politicians and citizens who had the back of Churchill and the RAF, come what may.
In the inspiring words of one spiritual leader who spent a lot of time in the British Isles and grew to admire the indomitable spirit of Churchill and his countrymen: "Don't you give up! Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it, [so] you keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end." (3)
No matter what happens, no matter how long and hard the road, quitting is not an option—at least not if YOU are a self-action leader. In the illustrious and stirring words of Sir Winston Churchill, spoken at a school for boys during the dark days of World War II: Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
—Winston Churchill
I promise you that no matter hard your battles may rage, and no matter how long your difficulties may last, you will never regret enduring to the end. But, if you choose to give up, I promise you that one of two very negative and regrettable things will occur: you will either fail to comprehend what you have lost and missed out on, or worse, you will know exactly what you lost and missed out on, and may regret it terribly. (4)
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| Lina struggling near the top of the indoor rock wall. |
I'll never forget an experience I had with my wife back when we were dating.
The year was 2007. We were at an indoor rock-climbing facility in the Atlanta, Georgia area with a gaggle of friends as part of a group activity with our church.
Lina has good upper body strength. She had been the rope-climbing champion of her class in elementary school. So, when it was her turn to scale the rock wall, I was not surprised to see her climb much of the wall with great confidence and relative ease.
But as she neared the top, she began to suffer the effects of muscle fatigue and exhaustion from the climb.
She had already made it so far—and was so close to the top—there would have been little or no shame if she had given up and called it quits at that point.
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| A very skinny JJ (hat) and our friends watch and cheer Lina on as she ascends the indoor rock wall. |
After several failed attempts, she stopped for a few moments to rest. Hanging there all alone, albeit with me and our friends cheering her on from below—she tried again and again, but continued to fail in her attempts to lift herself up and catch hold of the final handgrips that would ensure a successful ascent.
After what seemed like several minutes of no vertical progress, I began to think she would not make it to the top, "and that is okay," I thought to myself. "After all, she did her best and tried as hard as she could; that would be good enough for me," I further reasoned.
But "good enough" was not good enough for Lina.
At least not on this day or on this particular rock wall.
She simply wouldn't be satisfied until she'd completed exactly what she set out to do. Her goal had been to make it to the top of the wall, and no matter what it took, she was determined to find a way to make it to the top.
Finally, after what seemed like four or five minutes of just hanging up there and failing in every attempt, she gathered every remaining ounce of energy and strength she had left and prepared to make yet another effort to reach the top. Galvanizing every last particle of spirit, pride, grit, and chutzpah she possessed, she slowly inched her way up just enough to grasp on to the top of the wall.
She had done it!
As she sat on top of the wall, she gazed down on me and our friends, smiling triumphantly.
As I watched her calmly and quietly—yet still exultantly—bask in the glory of her hard-fought and well-earned victory, I was also exulting because I knew more clearly than ever before that this gal was a "Keeper."
Indeed, from that moment on, I approached our dating relationships with even more confidence and peace than before knowing full well that Lina was a woman I could marry, give my all to, and bet my life on—because she would never give up on me, herself, or anything else of importance in her life (or our lives).
Tip #2: Be a Finisher
The anecdote just shared of Lina overcoming doubt, fear, and physical exhaustion to summit an indoor rock-climbing wall is a magnificent segue into my second tip, which is to: BE a FINISHER.
Do you know, or have you ever met someone who is good at starting things, but bad at finishing them?
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| Richard the LIONHEART of England |
Many years ago, I was reading a book about Winston Churchill—that legendary and LIONHEARTED Englishman.
In the book, old Winston made a comment about what could be accomplished if you are willing to stick to a task and see it through to completion. He was specifically referring to ambitious and hefty writing projects, which, as an aspiring author myself, left a deep and lasting impression on me.
His words have, in fact, been a source of continual inspiration and motivation to complete this massive and unprecedented tome—a 25-year project of organizing, creating, composing, publishing, rewriting, revising, and republishing.
Over time, I have developed the stamina and resilience to persevere through whatever challenges have arisen in my life and career. This has helped me to succeed in finishing whatever I have set out to accomplish. Over time, this attribute of my character and personality has become an anchor for my self-confidence, personal identity, and professional success.
To become a finisher YOURSELF, you must practice and develop persistence and tenacity in the midst of grave difficulties, obstacles, and criticism that sometimes seems like it will never end. You must be prepared to will yourself to action and achievement—even, and especially—when you don't feel like it and are frustrated, discouraged, or both. You must also be willing to press forward even when others are skeptical of your potential and critical of your efforts. Finally, you must remain committed to achieving your objective no matter what or who may stand in the way of your pathway to progress.
Please don't misunderstand what I am trying to say here...
I'm not saying you can't take breaks and naps when/as needed.
Of course you can do that!
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| Breaks and naps are not only okay, they are encouraged! |
"No one cares what storms you faced;
only, did you bring in the ship?"
—Admiral David Farragut
This famous quote is, of course, only partly true.
For most people, most of the time, there will be one or more people who will be empathetic or sympathetic to your unique, singular, and painful plight through life.
But the reality is that most people probably won't be.
Therefore, it behooves us all to remain laser-focused on completing our assignments, finishing our projects, and getting results, and otherwise "bringing in the ship," for that is usually what matters most in the long-run.
Please take note here that I am not encouraging stubbornness and recalcitrance in the face of viable feedback that suggests you are headed in the wrong direction. Nor do I mean to imply that you should persist in pathways that are not conducive to your well-being or Existential Growth simply to get results. What I do mean is that once you are on the right track and you know it, don't give up just because your tasks are hard and the going gets rough—as it most surely will. As the legendary Tennesseean-turned-Texas, Davy Crockett once advised: Be sure you are right; then go ahead.
"Be sure you are right; then go ahead."
—Davy Crockett
Challenges never end; at least not in this life.
That is the bad news.
The good news is that as YOU learn, improve, grow, and mature, many of your challenges will diminish, get easier, and in some cases, disappear entirely over time. And generally speaking, the better you are at SAL, the better you will handle life's inevitable bumps and bruises, and the more Serendipity will show up to assist you all along the way.
On the other hand, the passage of time and the acquisition of growth and progress always bring new challenges—no matter how effective your SAL might be. So, instead of wishing and hoping your challenges will someday end, work to ensure that YOU will always be equal to or greater than your challenges.
In the words of that famous business philosopher of the late 20th century: don't wish life were easier; wish you were better.
"Don't wish life were easier; wish you were better"
—Jim Rohn
Obstacles always present opportunities for Existential Growth.
In fact, you cannot maximize your growth potential without difficulties to surmount. In that sense, challenges and struggles are blessings—assuming the adversities you face are naturally occurring and not a direct consequence of your own bad decisions.
Alas, even the very best self-action leader faces a measure of self-inflicted adversity.
That's just part of learning through experience.
If you are willing to seek out and embrace your life's opportunities for learning and growth, you will be better equipped to meet any and all adversity that comes your way—and you will learn and grow in the process.
To accomplish this noble quest, you must cultivate the attitude and belief that giving up is not an option. Remember that it is your Existential Duty as a human being to never give up on yourself or worthy goals you decide to pursue.
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| Hope springs eternal, especially for self-action leaders. |
In the midst of trials, adversity, and periods of excruciating heart-hollowing and other fiery refinement—which we all experience in life—never relinquish HOPE for a brighter tomorrow.
As I look back on my own SAL journey, there were many, many, many days where I was sufficiently frustrated and depressed to ponder the point of going on. Yet I also discovered that out of the ashes of failure and despair comes the hopeful flight of future phoenixes (opportunities and success).
Always hold out hope and exercise faith that you may yet obtain happiness, success, inner peace, and other worthy goals you set out to accomplish in your life, career, and relationships.
In the words of scripture:
until after the trial of your faith." (5)
Over the years and decades, I've seen increased measures of hope and progress flow into my life and a concurrent cessation of much of the internal and external tribulation I once endured.
It has been a most wonderful development!
I successfully made it through the darkest periods of my life, and YOU can make it through the darkest periods of your life too, and SAL and Serendipity can help.
The following poem, written in 1998, when I was a senior in high school, evinces the pain I often suffered living with OCD, depression, and its accompanying discouragement as a teenager and beyond. But it also demonstrates that even in the midst of great adversity—12th grade was one of the most difficult and unhappy years of my life—any self-action leader can hold onto much hope for brighter future.
The Finish Line
The day was lost, as many had.
Another gone, a tragic fad.
Lost, yet I, not really through,
Still saw some hope to start anew,
And climb back up into the sky.
And yet, such fret did cross my face—
For to realize
The length still in the race
Placed teardrops in my salty eyes.
Then, in the midst of agony,
My Rubicon comes, and I resolve:
I must not quit,
Run, race the way,
Claw my way out of this pit,
And then one day,
Stand boldly up,
And humbly say:
"Time is done,
And I have crossed
The Finish Line."
-JRJ
Tip #3: Simplify and Trust Serendipity
Life as a human being on Planet Earth in the 2020s can be challenging, hectic, and stressful—at best. Moreover, our increasingly busy, competitive, and interconnected global economic, political, and social ecosystem is incomprehensibly COMPLEX—and IT is not likely to get any simpler moving forward.
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| A simple life is a GOOD life. |
My own journey toward personal and professional simplification began in January 2017, when I voluntarily deleted my personal facebook profile.
Don't get the wrong idea here...
I'm not saying self-action leaders should avoid social media.
I'm merely saying that for me, getting off of facebook was the right decision back in January 2017. And I have never looked back! In the intervening decade, I have spent very little time on social media, and have done everything in my power to SIMPLIFY both my personal and professional life and enrich the relationships that are the most important to me.
This decade-long simplification process has been one of the wisest and most rewarding and satisfying things I have ever done.
I highly recommend that YOU also look for ways to simplify your own life, career, and relationships.
I promise you will not regret it!
As you seek to simplify in the midst of a world that is increasingly complicated, complex, and even crazy, I urge you further to put your TRUST more fully in SERENDIPITY.
Why?
Because whether you know it or not, and whether you believe it or not, Serendipity "has your back" way more than you could ever imagine. Moreover, Serendipity has more than just your "back." It has your front, sides, insides, heart, mind, and soul as well.
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| If you know where to look, SERENDIPITY is everywhere. |
I can't scientifically prove that this—my belief about Serendipity—is true; but I have accumulated a lifetime of personal anecdotal evidence evincing the regular interplay of Serendipity in our lives, careers, and relationships—so much so, that I am confident that is why things work out as well as they do.
There are, of course, many things that go wrong in life. But when you stop and really think about it, it is remarkable that things work out as well as they do in an imperfect world filled with imperfect people. As such, I think the greater question is not: why are there so many problems in the world. The greater question is: why aren't there more problems in the world?
And I believe the answer is: Serendipity.
Regardless what you choose to believe about Serendipity or what you prefer to call it (i.e. God, the Universe, Karma, etc.), I don't think you will find an honest human being who won't acknowledge there are unseen powers at play in life, the ontology and operations of which we simply do not fully recognize or understand.
Given this absolute ocean of anecdotal and intuitive evidence for Serendipity, it makes sense to acknowledge its existence, pay attention to its cues, respect and be grateful for its role in your life, career, and relationships, and do everything in your power to seek it out in an effort to maximize Its presence, influence, and positive power.
How you pursue this search and quest is entirely up to YOU.
But does it not make sense to embark on such a scintillating and rewarding quest?
Tip #4: Enjoy the Ride
My fourth tip is to enjoy the journey of your life as much as possible.
In the hustle and bustle of such an incredibly stressful—yet satisfying—ride, it can be easy to forget to consciously enjoy the journey. Yes, SAL is about self-improvement and personal growth. But in the midst of that worthy pursuit, don't forget to have fun, laugh as much as possible, smell the roses (literally and metaphorically), take notice of the many natural rewards along the way, and use your memories of struggle and pain to deepen your recognition of and appreciation for its concomitant pleasure, happiness, relaxation, rest, and ease.
Everything in life is not hard and painful.
Some things are actually pretty easy and nice. Don't forget to enjoy that side of life's troublesome, yet terrific coin!
A spiritual leader once wrote: In all of living, have much of fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured. (6)
"In all of living, have much of fun and laughter.
Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."
—Gordon B. Hinckley
Not only can you enjoy your journey and laugh your way through life, but you can also discover that a SAL journey upwards to the highest levels of Existential Growth is itself an unspeakably interesting, engaging, and yes, even an enjoyable and fun undertaking. It also comes with a full measure of joy and satisfaction if you are observant enough to recognize and receive it.
Once again, in the optimistic words of Hinckley:
"What a wonderful time it is to be alive ... Let us count our blessings and determine to do all we can to make this world a better place. ... Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight ... Look for the good all about us. There is so much that is sweet and decent and good upon which to build. ... We have so much to live for, so much to hope for! Humanity is essentially good. We are all of one great family. We can give strength to the voice of hope." (7)
Tip #5: Endure to the End
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My first 5K road race was in 1986, just shy of my 7th birthday. Here I am running my first 10K two years later. |
About seven years ago, in my late 30s, I added swimming and biking to my workout routines in preparation to become a triathlete. Since 2018, I have completed several sprint triathlons, two 70.3-mile (half) IRONMAN triathlons, and one 140.6-mile (full) IRONMAN triathlon.
Before I became a triathlete, I completed 13 marathons and many half-marathons and other road and track events of varying distances ranging from the 300 meter hurdles on up to 15 kilometers.
As you know—or can imagine—finishing any kind of long and grueling athletic event is incredibly satisfying and even a bit thrilling.
One of the reasons I have chosen to voluntarily undertake these long and difficult (yet entirely optional) challenges in my life is because doing so enables me to follow my own advice and reap the benefits described throughout this chapter and book. In other words, it affords me the chance to practice the art and science of doing hard things and enjoying the journey in the process. I also get to practice enduring and finishing, both of which invigorate, enrich, and strengthen my character, will, and self-esteem. This, in-turn, empowers me to more successfully manage or transcend real-life difficulties that are not optional.
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| Dr. JJ with his three (3) IRONMAN finisher medals from 2019 (St. George half) 2024 (Panama City half), and 2024 (Panama City full) |
Even harder than completing the events themselves is faithfully completing the enormous preparation required to prepare for such an event. I had to develop regular habits of significant training for many months and even years leading up to these events. Doing so required a great deal of discipline, determination, patience, and will power. All of these practices have blessed my life and empowered my exercise of SAL in other areas of my life, career, and relationships.
I encourage YOU to find ways in which you can practice enjoying the journey, enduring, and finishing in your own life, career, and relationships. You don't have to become a distance runner or triathlete to accomplish this objective. There are endless ways in which you can accomplish the same objective.
Whether it is reading a long book, building, creating, fixing, or writing something difficult and time-consuming, learning a new musical instrument or other skill, or simply enduring to the end of a home or work project that you are tempted to give up on before you are finished, you can become better at finishing, enduring, and enjoying the journey through continual practice.
I promise you that doing so will greatly bless your life and the lives of those you know and influence. It will also further empower your ongoing exercise of SAL.
A Model of HOPE
"Subscribe to the narrow view ... that our destiny in life is largely fixed. ... That argument ignores the more challenging question: What can we change that will help our children fare better in life? I would argue that the difference quite often lies in the abilities called ... self-control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself." (8).
Pretty good endorsement of SAL, eh?!
Thank you, Mr. Goleman!
HOPE is found in the anticipation of obtaining what you don't yet have, of becoming better than you were in the past, and of realizing your full potential in the future. All of this is possible when you are willing to pay the price to obtain new skills and freedoms in pursuit of Existential Growth.
And in the happily hopeful and ever-eloquent prose of Thoreau:
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of [human beings] to elevate [their lives] by conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." (10)
It is also the HOPE of Life.
Conclusion
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have come to the end of the SAL Model.
We hope you have found this last chapter to be a helpful and hopeful addition to the overall work by further illuminating how to make the SAL Model truly come alive in YOUR LIFE.
As always, we at Freedom Focused wish you the very best along the pathways of your own SAL journey, and wish you all the growth, progress, happiness, success, and inner peace you are capable of attaining through your own Serendipity-endowed best efforts.
—Dr. JJ
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
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Chapter 35 Notes
1. Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. See
Chapter 4: The 10,000 Hour Rule.
2. This category discounts "small talk" and levity-laden chit chat.
3. Holland, J.R. (1999). An High Priest of Good Things to Come. Public address.
4. A great pedagogical film clip to accompany teaching the subject of endurance and never giving up is
the “Death Crawl Scene” from the movie, Facing the Giants. This clip can be found
on YouTube.
5. Ether 12:6 (The Book of Mormon). Italics added.
6. Hinckley, G. B. (1996). Stand True and Faithful. Public address.
7. Hinckley, G. B. (2000). Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues that Will
Heal our Hearts and Homes. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press. Pages 117,
121, 115, 124, and 125.
8. Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More than IQ.
New York, NY: Bantam Books. Pages xi-xii, xiii.
9. Peck, M. S. (1993). Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey
Toward Spiritual Growth (The Edited Lectures). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Page 119.
10. Thoreau, H. D. (2001). Walden and Other Writings. New York, NY: MetroBooks.
Pages 74-75.
